Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Celery

Celery. Over the last couple of months, I would buy
celery, at the store, or farmers’ market.When home, I would cut the entire bottom off, wash the celery stalks,
and place them in the refrigerator, wrapped in a wet dish cloth.

So what happens to the cut off end you ask??I place the cut off end in a bowl with water and
place the bowl on my window sill, to allow time for roots to grow.I change the water in the bowl holding the
celery end daily.After a mass of roots
form, I take each celery bottom and plant them in a pot or directly into the
garden.This is how I started my celery
this year, instead of using seeds.

I have done that too. I love celery. A cupful in a small can of tuna is never enough for me. However, I cannot just bite a celery stalk or chew it up. Somehow, it is nasty that way. I put celery in the pot where I cook any meat. My soup must have celery!

Sandy - i saw something like this last year on someone's blog but they said to just cut off the end of the celery, clean it and stick it in the ground. so i tried it and it worked! but my problem is that i have no source of certified, organic celery here on the island - it's all either from california or mexico. so i have to grow my celery from seed!i have 12 little celeries coming up in the greenhouse now and plan to plant a few more in a few weeks to succession harvest.

anyway, it's a great tip! one other thing - if you want beet greens right away and not have to plant the beets from seed, buy some organic beets and plunk them right in the ground - you'll have delicious beet greens in about 2 weeks. cut the beet greens and they will just keep coming back! we got some good, organic beets and planted them last week - soon i'll have my beet greens - woohoo! i love beet greens - teehee!

I I tried this with Romaine lettuce. It rooted but I don't think I kept it moist enough in the garden bed, it didn't survive. I also put all my onion ends in the garden as well. I usually have a 50% grow ratio.

Celery is indicated for reducing blood pressure ( the presence of pthalides relax muscles around arteries) and coumarin in Celery enhances the activity of white blood cells. For the guys, chewing celery releases androstenone and androstenol, pheromones that travel up the back of his throat to the nose, causing the body to send off scents and signals to the ladies! So, that celery stick in your Bloody Mary isn't just for stirring! Strelsi

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